EP 1253482 A3 20030102 - Image forming apparatus
Title (en)
Image forming apparatus
Title (de)
Bilderzeugungsgerät
Title (fr)
Appareil de formation d'images
Publication
Application
Priority
JP 2001129359 A 20010426
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1253482A2] An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image carrier whose surface is movable in a preselected direction while carrying a toner image thereon. A movable body has a surface movable in the same direction as the image carrier in contact with the image carrier, thereby forming a nip. A drive member exerts a force that pulls a portion of the movable body contacting the image carrier out of the nip. An image transfer unit transfers the toner image from the image carrier to the movable body at the nip. A controller controllably drives the image carrier and movable body such that the movable body starts moving after the image carrier. The apparatus not only reduces the image forming time, but also frees images from disfigurement ascribable to the slack of the movable body. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/14 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G03G 15/0194 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 15/1615 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 15/167 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 2215/00059 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 2215/00063 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 2215/0119 (2013.01 - EP US); G03G 2215/0161 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [A] US 6218660 B1 20010417 - HADA YOSHINOBU [JP]
- [X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 02 29 February 2000 (2000-02-29)
- [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 14 5 March 2001 (2001-03-05)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1253482 A2 20021030; EP 1253482 A3 20030102; JP 2002328576 A 20021115; JP 4375918 B2 20091202; US 2002191991 A1 20021219; US 2004114972 A1 20040617; US 6708017 B2 20040316; US 6889029 B2 20050503
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 02009247 A 20020426; JP 2001129359 A 20010426; US 13220102 A 20020426; US 72996203 A 20031209